Former Ohio State running back Sam Dixon was arrested on multiple charges this past weekend and has been dismissed from the South Carolina football team, head coach Shane Beamer told The Greenville News on Monday.
Beamer did not provide a comment on the arrest or the dismissal.
The former Buckeye, who transferred to South Carolina in January, was arrested on Saturday and charged with three counts of breaking into motor vehicles where fuel is stored, three counts of criminal conspiracy and one count of grand larceny between $2,000 to $10,000, according to multiple reports. He was arrested alongside his younger brother Elijah Williams-Dixon, who faces the same seven charges.
Dixon was released Sunday on a $150,000 personal recognizance bond and is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Aug. 28.
Dixon, who originally went by Sam Williams-Dixon when he started his Ohio State career, was a three-star recruit out of Pickerington North High School in the 2024 recruiting class. After redshirting as a true freshman, Dixon entered the transfer portal but opted to stay at Ohio State. After playing in just one game last season, however, Dixon re-entered the transfer portal for his final three years of college eligibility.
He was dismissed from the Gamecocks before appearing in a game for South Carolina.
